How 'the nanny state' turned Aussies into hooligans

PEOPLE tend towards "hooliganism" when they're allowed unmoderated and unfettered access to a publishing system, a senior IT researcher says.
And Australians tend to behave worse than most because we are not used to having so much freedom.
“We live in nanny state where everything is controlled and you can't do anything without getting in trouble,” Dr Christine Satchell, a senior research fellow in computing and information systems at the University of Melbourne, said.
“So it's hard for us as Australians to be in a space with no rules.”

Dr Satchell said users should be encouraged to moderate themselves rather than relying on police and real world laws.
She said a successful example is Slashdot, one of the world’s oldest tech websites, which is almost entirely moderated by its users.
Each is rewarded with privileges depending on how they do it, creating a system that encourages better online behaviour.
“It shows that users are savvy and capable of defining what is acceptable and what is unacceptable,” Dr Satchell said.
“At the end of the day it's about building a culture about what is acceptable and unacceptable. While Twitter is largely unpoliced, it's not as bad as it's made out to be, I'm impressed by how well the unpoliced Twitter world behaves.”